Saddle-tree



UNITED STATES CHARLES F. BUSTIN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

PATENT OFFICE.

SADDLE-TREE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,577, dated August6, 1889. Application filed August 25, 1888. Renewed May 23, 1889. SerialNo. 311,883. (No model) To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. BUSTIN, a

citizen of the United States, a resident of Boston, in the county ofSuifolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Saddle-Trees; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which.

it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawstrengthening-ribs B integral therewith and having theseveral openings through it for the passage of thread, bolts, &c., forsecuring the covering and lining.

The tree and ribs I design to make of wood pulp, paper-pulp, or otherindurated fiber, which after being pressed or molded into shape may bevarnished or otherwise protected by an impervious coating.

0 is the check-seat, also of pulp, having the cruciform opening Dtherein, forming a seat for the bolt E, which holds the check-hook. Thebolt E is made square in cross-Section and has near its head the laterallugs a, designed to enter the small portions of the cruciform opening.By this construction the checkbolt is held firmly in place. Afixture-bolt F, near therear end of the check-seat and embedded therein,passes downwardly through the metal brace-plate G and the saddle-tree,as shown, and has its threaded end provided with a nut. The plate G iscurved over the ridge of the saddle and is designed to give strengththereto, the projecting flange at the ends to receive and hold theskirts in place. The metal loop H on the plate G is provided for thereception of the usual back-strap of the harness.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- The combination of thesaddle-tree for harness, composed of pulp, the pulp check-seat havingembedded therein abolt, and the cruciform opening, the bolt square incross-section and having the lateral lugs, and the curved plate havingthe loop and flange, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES F. BUSTIN.

Witnesses:

JAMES D. OoLT, BENJ. E. BATES.

